NEWS SOUNDBITE: An asteroid is right now hurtling toward Earth. NEWS SOUNDBITE: A record high chance of impact. NEWS SOUNDBITE: A city killer. NEWS SOUNDBITE: It's a beautiful rock. And its gonna ...

NASA has said Earth will likely be spared by a deadly Big Ben-sized asteroid and predicts it could smash into the Moon instead in a dramatic collision. The space agency feared the chance of a ...

It was projected to potentially impact the Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, and was found to be big enough to destroy a city. As the asteroid was observed further, its odds had briefly risen to a record ...

NASA was concerned that the probability of a "city killing" asteroid hitting Earth might surpass the 20 per cent threshold at one point, according to reports. The asteroid in question, designated ...

After two months of observations, scientists have almost fully ruled out any threat from the asteroid 2024 YR4, Nasa and the European Space Agency said Tuesday. At one point, the odds of a strike ...

PARIS, France — The chance that a football field-sized asteroid capable of destroying a city will strike Earth in 2032 has fallen to 0.001%, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Tuesday.

It has now been downgraded to zero. The asteroid, discovered in December, measures between 40 and 90 metres across. A direct impact could devastate a city, but calculations now suggest it will ...

Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! — 'That's impact probability zero folks!' Earth safe from 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

The astronomers told us this was the most likely outcome: a “city killer” asteroid that once had a better than 3% chance of striking Earth in 2032 is no longer a concern. The near-Earth object 2024 ...

Weeks after it emerged that an asteroid was projected to collide with Earth in 2032, NASA has now significantly lowered the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the planet to near-zero.